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Research expertise
Kris Vandekerkhove is researcher on forest ecology and forest management at INBO. For over 25 years he has been coordinating the monitoring programme on strict forest reserves. He was also involved in many other research activities and advisory work on nature conservation in forests. He is and was active in a wide range of international projects in the framework of LIFE, COST, HORIZON,... He is (co)author of over 50 peer-reviewed journal papers (A1) and also collaborated in several reference works and handbooks on forest management and nature conservation and other publications both for as specific audience and broader public.
Education/Academic qualification
Forest and Nature Management, Doctor in Applied Biological Sciences
Award Date: 16-Sept-2019
Forestry engineering, Universiteit Gent
External positions
UGent, Vakgroep Bos- en Waterbeheer
1-Jan-1994 → 31-Aug-1995
Thematic List 2020
- Forest
VODS 2023
- Forestry sciences not elsewhere classified
- Ecology not elsewhere classified
Policy
- forest and agriculture policy
- conservation goals
- local conservation status
- Natura 2000
Geographic List
- Europe
- Flanders
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Invasiveness of non-native woody species
Vanhellemont, M. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), D'hondt, B. (Cooperator) & Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator)
1/01/25 → 31/12/25
Project: EVINBO - Vlaamse overheid
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WILDCARD (EVINBO)
Vandekerkhove, K. (Project leader), Adriaenssens, V. (Cooperator), Cools, N. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), De Win, Y. (Cooperator), Deroo, H. (Cooperator), Lambrechts, S. (Cooperator), Pieters, M. (Cooperator), Vervaet, K. (Cooperator), Willems, K. (Cooperator) & Willems, S. (Cooperator)
1/02/24 → 31/12/27
Project: EVINBO - Europees
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MigFoRest - assisted Migration to increase Forest Resilience (EVINBO)
Vanden Broeck, A. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), D'hondt, B. (Cooperator), De Clercq, W. (Cooperator), De Maesschalck, G. (Cooperator), De Meyer, J. (Cooperator), De Pelseneer, N. (Cooperator), De Ro, A. (Cooperator), Goossens, S. (Cooperator), Maesschalck, K. (Cooperator), Van Nieuwenhove, R. (Cooperator), Van Schoors, A. (Cooperator), Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator), Vander Mijnsbrugge, K. (Cooperator), Vanhellemont, M. (Cooperator) & Wilms, H. (Cooperator)
1/01/24 → 30/06/28
Project: EVINBO - Europees
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Flanders Ecosystem Accounting (FLEA)
Van Reeth, W. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), Alaerts, K. (Cooperator), Courtens, W. (Cooperator), D'hondt, B. (Cooperator), De Keersmaeker, L. (Cooperator), De Saeger, S. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), Dochy, O. (Cooperator), Dumortier, M. (Cooperator), Heremans, S. (Cooperator), Jacobs, S. (Cooperator), Lettens, S. (Cooperator), Leyman, A. (Cooperator), Leyssen, A. (Cooperator), Maebe, K. (Cooperator), Michels, H. (Cooperator), Onkelinx, T. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Packet, J. (Cooperator), Petersen, F. (Cooperator), Peymen, J. (Cooperator), Provoost, S. (Cooperator), Spanhove, T. (Cooperator), Stevens, M. (Cooperator), Thomaes, A. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Gossum, P. (Cooperator), Van Landuyt, W. (Cooperator), Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator), Vanhellemont, M. (Cooperator), Vught, I. (Cooperator) & Wils, C. (Cooperator)
23/11/23 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
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Investigating pine mortality management prescriptions in Flanders
De Haeck, A. (Project leader), De Geest, L. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), Heremans, S. (Cooperator), Maebe, K. (Cooperator), Roskams, P. (Cooperator), Saerens, A. (Cooperator), Sioen, G. (Cooperator) & Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator)
1/09/23 → 31/07/26
Project: Samenwerkingsovereenkomst INBO-ANB
Research output
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(Oefen)loopgraven in het Wijnendalebos?
Vandekerkhove, K., 2025, In: Bosreservatennieuws . 18Research output: Contribution to journal › Contribution to INBO Bosreservatennieuws
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30 jaar bosreservaten: deel 1
Horemans, S. & Vandekerkhove, K., Jun-2025, In: Tijdingen. 56, 2, p. 22-24 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A3: Article in a journal without peer review
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30 jaar bosreservaten - Deel 2
Horemans, S. & Vandekerkhove, K., Jul-2025, In: Tijdingen. 56, 3, p. 32-34 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A3: Article in a journal without peer review
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Bijdrage tot de historische ecologie van neigembos en omgeving: Behoud en beheer door de baron van Wedergrate van de 18e tot de 20e eeuw
Tack, G., Barbé, J. & Vandekerkhove, K., 2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 6)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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DMP for WILDCARD Task 2.2 (Belowground implications of proforestation): Version 1.1
Deroo, H., De Win, Y., Vandekerkhove, K., De Vos, B. & Veltjen, E. (Editor), 3-Sept-2025, 5 p. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO).Research output: Other contribution › Data Management Plan
Datasets
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Spatially explicit database of tree related microhabitats (TreMs). Version 1.2. Integrate+ project. Version 1.6.
Kraus, D. (Creator), Larrieu, L. (Creator), Vandekerkhove, K. (Creator) & et al. (Creator), INRA & EFI, 2017
DOI: 10.15468/ocof3v
Dataset
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Spatially explicit database of tree related microhabitats (TreMs). Version 1.2. Integrate+ project
Kraus, D. (Creator), Schuck, A. (Creator), Bebi, P. (Creator), Blaschke, M. (Creator), Bütler, R. (Creator), Flade, M. (Creator), Heintz, W. (Creator), Krumm, F. (Creator), Lachat, T. (Creator), Larrieu, L. (Creator), Lehnerova, L. (Creator), Levin, M. (Creator), Mergner, U. (Creator), Pach, M. (Creator), Paillet, Y. (Creator), Pyttel, P. (Creator), Rydkvist, T. (Creator), Santopuoli, G. (Creator), Sever, K. (Creator), Sturm, K. (Creator), Vandekerkhove, K. (Creator), Winter, S. (Creator) & Witz, M. (Creator), INRAE, 16-Jun-2017
DOI: 10.15468/ocof3v, https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2e102194-f384-4712-89a4-5db7a3fc409a#description
Dataset
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Plot level results of the monitoring programme on strict forest reserves in Flanders (Belgium) – vegetation
De Keersmaeker, L. (Creator), Esprit, M. (Creator), Goessens, S. (Creator), Leyman, A. (Creator), Thomaes, A. (Creator), Van de Kerckhove, P. (Creator) & Vandekerkhove, K. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 13-Jun-2023
Dataset
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Plot level results of the monitoring programme on strict forest reserves in Flanders (Belgium) – dendrometry and regeneration
De Keersmaeker, L. (Creator), Esprit, M. (Creator), Goessens, S. (Creator), Leyman, A. (Creator), Thomaes, A. (Creator), Van de Kerckhove, P. (Creator) & Vandekerkhove, K. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 31-Jan-2023
Dataset
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LIFE+ PROGNOSES Lying Deadwood Dendrometric Data
Vanhellemont, M. (Creator), Aleksandrov, S. (Data Collector), Brandstätter, B. (Data Collector), Caggegi, A. (Data Collector), Di Filippo, A. (Project Member), Di Fiore, L. (Data Collector), Ertl, S. (Data Collector), Esprit, M. (Data Collector), Fidej, G. (Data Collector), Frede, A. (Data Collector), Fricelj, B. (Data Collector), Fuxjäger, C. (Data Collector), Goessens, S. (Data Collector), Henkel, A. (Data Collector), Ivanova, Y. (Data Collector), Janisch, J. (Creator), Kirchmeir, H. (Project Member), Kozák, D. (Data Collector), Meyer, P. (Project Member), Mikoláš, M. (Data Collector), Nagel, T. A. (Project Member), Petritan, A. M. (Sponsor), Petritan, I. C. (Sponsor), Pirc, T. (Data Collector), Pokynchereda, V. (Data Collector), Rakos, V. (Data Collector), Schwienbacher, M. (Data Collector), Steinbauer, K. (Researcher), Stillhard, J. (Sponsor), Svoboda, M. (Project Member), Van de Kerckhove, P. (Data Collector), Vandekerkhove, K. (Project Member), Weber, N. M. (Data Collector), Wögerer, M. (Data Collector), Zimmerman, T. (Data Collector), Vanhaecht, R. (Project Manager), Celis, C. (Project Manager) & Veltjen, E. (Editor), Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), 1-Jul-2025
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Activities
- 1 Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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Witboek Bosalliantie 2030
Louette, G. (Participant), Vandekerkhove, K. (Participant), De Haeck, A. (Participant) & Wilms, H. (Participant)
4-Dec-2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting